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Dovetail joints are as traditional to woodworking as you can get. Years ago, cabinetmakers would saw these by hand and clean them with a chisel but with modern technology comes a much quicker and easier way to create dovetails.

While dovetails are quite specialized and only generally used for ornamental purposes these days, you can create simple but stunning boxes of many shapes and sizes using the Baladonia Dovetail System.

Being a Baladonia Tool, the dovetail system is quick and easy to setup and you’ll be finishing your first dovetails in less than half an hour!

The Baladonia system comes standard with a 1/2in half-blind template for the most simple of joints that can also be used for assembling drawers. Also available are a range of templates that are more attractive, interesting and unique for that extra wow factor.

The Baladonia Dovetail System comes standard with the 1/2in half-blind template so if you damage it and it needs replacing you can buy this separately.

Another other option is the small 5/16in comb to be used on small, fine decorative work. The template is suitable for use up to 12mm timber in conjunction with the DT079Q router bit, available separately.

Through dovetails are visible from both sides of the workpiece and are an ideal choice when visible craftsmanship is the preferred option - such as on jewellery and other decorative boxes. This template will machine most common timber thicknesses ranging from 9 - 19mm.

Because of the complexity of the joint, the work pieces need to be cut separately with two different machining processes for the second work piece.

A simple universal design that has been around for years and still “does the job”. This one is manufactured in Taiwan so has clean, accurate castings and is well assembled. Will clamps any blades 3.2 – 76.1mm wide and runs on a a simple alloy wheel on the stone. Great value-for-money.

<p>If you want to make your own table-top and need a 3/4in mitre track, you can buy the aluminium extrusion separately with a silver anodized finish in 1220mm lengths.</p> <p>Also available is 457mm (18in) long silver anodized mitre slider for making your own jigs to suit all standard 3/4in mitre slots, including most cast-iron table saws.</p>
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Rout 19mm wide x 9.5mm deep channels or rebates to install the T-Track. Designed to work with 5/16in size thread hardware, the track comes undrilled so you can choose where you want your own mounting holes (use 3/16in twist drill bit to create screw holes quickly and easily). Ribbed on the outside to grip the walls of the timber around it and anodized silver for long life.

As shown in an enlarged image, it has been designed so when using the included screws, the screw head clears the t-track bolt or nut running above it so countersinking the screw head is not required.

All track comes standard with four mounting screws, please let us know when ordering if you need any more.

The 98mm long knurled brass handle fits comfortably in the hand and 25mm long hardened steel point makes marking centre points quick and easy. The point will press easily into softwoods but by pushing down on the handle the snap spring will mark a deep point in the hardest materials quickly and accurately. Sharpen the point to use as a scratch awl as well.

Stop your water stone sliding all over the bench. Made in Japan of quality stainless steel and non-slip rubber so that it can be used to suspend in your water bath when not in use, this will hold stones of any width and thickness and a length of 180-230mm.

Biscuit joining is a simple, quick and effective method of locating two work pieces for jointing timber that was developed by Lamello in Switzerland. You simply put the work pieces together, mark a common point on both and use that as a reference to cut a 4mm slot approximately halfway down the side of the timber, most commonly using either a router bit slot cutter or a dedicated biscuit joining machine.

Squirt glue into the slots on both work pieces, pop a biscuit in and run glue along the remainder of the edge of the joint then clamp it together. The biscuit absorbs the glue, swelling and locking the work pieces in together tight. For thicker materials, you can use two biscuits in the same location at differing heights increasing the joint strength even more.

It is a very simple, quick and effective method of assembly that is used commonly in the joinery industry.

Biscuits are available in three common sizes to suit different size work pieces with the most common size being the largest – the #20 biscuit.

A simple and very effective device to find the centre of round stock. Simply place the centre of the finder on the work piece, mark once then move to another edge and mark again. The crosshair formed by this should be very close to the centre of your work.

This guide will clamp blades and chisels anywhere from 0 – 63mm by sandwiching the blade between the base and clamp. The brass nuts and nylon washers make it easy to have good clamping pressure without over-tightening and damaging your tool or the guide.

The 40mm-wide brass roller provides stability when rolling on the stone. This can be removed to expose a ledge that can then be run against your bench grinder tool rest to use as a straight grinding jig.

Produced to the US Standard (0.02mm tolerance), this square is perfect for general-purpose work. Stainless acid-etched graduated blade – metric one side, imperial the other – with a massive hardened chrome finish 17.5mm thick steel base. While we like using the engineer’s square for setting up machines etc. we’ve found this is THE go-to square for general layout work.

Unlike other powered respirators, this respirator does not cover the whole head - something users of full-face masks complain of. It has a simple power pack which attaches to the waist and feeds the power up to the respirator itself. Inside the respirator is a small motor that runs a fan that circulates air around the mask. The mask itself is made of a soft malleable plastic and is comfortable to wear for extended periods of time with two generous headstraps to hold it in place.

A fantastic accessory for your just about every machine in your workshop. It attaches to your steel machines via its strong, magnetic base. It also has screw holes in the base for dual mounting on a bench top or wall. Featuring a ceramic E27 (screw-in) lampholder and a sturdy metal head. It can take standard incandescent lamps, but they do generate a lot of heat, which can make the metal head very hot to touch. We recommend the use of compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) globes for this reason and also more light generation.

A range of mortice bits suitable for working on all types of timber. This range has been specifically chosen because of the quality of the chisels. 98% of all mortice bits are now manufactured in Asia and this manufacturer was chosen due to their outstanding quality. They supply many OE manufacturers of mortice machines that are world renowned. Collar size is 19mm. Maximum cutting depth recommended is 60mm. Now a five-piece set is available for a solid range of sizes.

If you need to go longer than 50in (1270mm), look no further than this cost-effective extension kit. Remove the included clamps on your guide rails and replace with the centre connector and two sliding toggle clamp heads in less than two minutes. Two 50in guides with the extension kit allows you to rip 2440mm-long boards.

Also available separately is the connector if you want to join more than one rail so you can go longer than 2440mm-long boards.

When cutting panel product using a saw or router, most people muck around with a straight edge and two clamps, wasting time making sure its square and fixed in place and then the clamps get in the way anyway!

The Baladonia power tool guide is a low-profile tool guide with a built-in cam clamp that sits under the board and out of the way. The jaws automatically pull the guide close to square (with slight adjustment from aligning with a try-square) and can be quickly clamped in place and removed within seconds.

Suitable for use in shop built transfer assemblies. Each set come with six transfer balls measuring 25mm in diameter. The overall size of the ball base is 53x70mm. The benefit of transfer balls over traditional roller support brackets, is their ability to track the pice being handled in any direction. This can be very handy in many workshop situations. Also now available a smaller 16mm ball.

A cost-effective way to build your own router bit organizer. Each base measures 111 x 78mm and can be joined together to make it as long or as short as you need to. Bright orange so its easily visible in the workshop.

Handle those long outfeed timbers! Cheaper than a wife and more convenient than a mate! You can make your own product feed table with several of the roller-only units. This bracket is taken from our popular roller support stand. It features a 40mm diameter, 400mm long roller and mounting bracket. Very handy in a situation where handling long pieces on a particular machine constantly is becoming a nightmare.